Jul. 28—Joan Benoit was already the world-record holder in the women's marathon. The 27-year-old Cape Elizabeth native and Bowdoin College graduate had won the Boston Marathon twice. But this was ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Joan Benoit Samuelson is synonymous with running, but it wasn’t always her preferred sport. “My first aspirations were in the sport of skiing, and skiing was available to ...
SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND BEYOND, WITH JUST A FEW DAYS UNTIL THE BOSTON MARATHON, A FEW YOUNG RUNNERS GOT A CELEBRATORY SURPRISE FROM A BIT OF A MARATHON LEGEND. THAT’S JOAN BENOIT, SAMUELSON. SAMUELSON ...
As Joan Benoit Samuelson negotiated the hairpin turn into the Coliseum tunnel, ran past the USC locker room and onto the stadium’s red synthetic track for the final 400 meters of the 1984 Olympic ...
Twenty years ago, Joan Benoit-Samuelson was stranded in a snowstorm at Newark International Airport. “We were coming back from London and the storm got me stuck,” said Samuelson, America’s greatest ...
Joan Benoit Samuelson crosses the finish line to win the 1984 Olympic marathon trials in Olympia. Steve Bloom The Olympian Two-time world marathon record holder Jacqueline Hansen had two questions ...
As Joan Benoit Samuelson negotiated the hairpin turn into the Coliseum tunnel, ran past the USC locker room and onto the stadium’s red synthetic track for the final 400 meters of the 1984 Olympic ...
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